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Most Popular General Social Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania

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2023 Most Popular General Social Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania

3 Colleges
$38,933 Avg Salary
$32,361 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Social Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, 19 degrees and certificates were awarded to general social sciences students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #169 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular General Social Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Social Sciences program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Social Sciences Colleges.

Our analysis found Edinboro University of Pennsylvania to be the most popular school for general social sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Pennsylvania. Located in the town of Edinboro, Edinboro is a public school with a small student population.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

The excellent programs at California University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general social sciences schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the small suburb of California, Cal U is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at California University of Pennsylvania

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Kutztown University of Pennsylvania is a great place for general social sciences students. Located in the fringe town of Kutztown, Kutztown University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Best General Social Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Social Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 52
Maryland 66
New Jersey 28

One of 12 majors within the area of study, general social sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Manfred Werner (Tsui).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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